Polls, to me, are wildly unscientific. That certainly goes for one I threw up here a couple weeks ago asking which 2012 football game you Iowa Hawkeyes fans are most looking forward to this fall.
Nonetheless, I was surprised by the results. Out of 2,354 votes cast as of 10 p.m., Monday, 1,226 (52 percent) were cast for the Black Friday game against Nebraska.
That Nebraska would be the top choice was no shock. But the margin of which it was … what, did Nebraska fans sneak on here to tilt things?
If so, great. I welcome Nebraskans, Utahns, Mongolians, everyone from all over the globe and beyond.
But I don’t think it was skewed by our friends to the west (Nebraskans, not Utahns or Mongolians, if Mongolis is indeed west of Iowa).
Here are the poll results:
Nebraska 1,226 (52 percent)
Iowa State 271 (11.5 percent)
Michigan 209 (8.9 percent)
Penn State 202 (8.6 percent)
Minnesota 184 (7.8 percent)
Michigan State 181 (7.7 percent)
Northwestern 30 (1.3 percent)
Northern Iowa 25 (1.1 percent)
Others 26 (1.1 percent)
I thought there would be more votes for Minnesota, since the Gophers own a 2-game win streak over the Hawkeyes. I thought there would be more votes for Michigan, since Michigan is Michigan and is pretty much the favorite to win the Big Ten Legends division.
I wonder how many votes Northwestern would have gotten had Iowa not finally got that monkey off its back last year when it defeated the Wildcats.
My pick would be Michigan State. Road game, Iowa could be 5-0 entering the game (Or 4-1. Or 3-2.). And I don’t think these two programs care for each other very much. Michigan and Nebraska aren’t until Games 11 and 12. Who knows how important they will truly be by that time? I’m not saying they won’t be important, but right now there’s no way to say for sure.
By the way, what’s the over-under for Nebraska fans in Kinnick Stadium on Nov. 23?
asking the wrong question. the Real Question is IF Neb is in the hunt and get a large number of fans to ” Invade ” Kinnick what is the over/under on number of years Black Friday last. 2 or more or 1 or less. I would guess 1 or less.
I like Iowa this year. but be in the hunt last game of the year? I don’t think so. But Maybe and that is why I am a Fan.
Until last year I thought it might be a competitive rivalry. Now it’s like I have Custer and the Nebraska faithful have the Sioux and Cheyenne.
It depends on how well Iowa is doing.
If I had tickets to the game (I don’t) and Iowa was bumbling around to another mediocre finish or worse, than I’d probably be less willing to travel the day after Thanksgiving to watch it. Now, do you sell it to a Nebraska fan? I wouldn’t but some would.
That said, I would suspect about 25-30% Nebraska fans there. They seem to come out of every nook and crevasse, like cockroaches.
Ye of little faith, Iowa will come to play! What tickets to Nebraska fans? Don’t sell em any. This is a huge game and I don’t believe Nebby is that far ahead of us. They held serve, that is all.
The Hawkeye fans are anticipating playing a much diminished Nebraska team (compared to those huge games during the Hayden Fry era). A little payback is always nice.
A number of non-hawk fans (including those wearing Cardinal and Gold) are hoping for a reappearance of the Cornhuskers of old that would play around with a team for three quarters, and then score a games worth of points at the end to bury any team that isn’t in the national top 5.
So how could Nebraska NOT win this poll?